• August colors: Orange, Red & Light Green

•August Birthstones: Peridot & Sardonyx

Also Diamond, Jade & Sapphire

• August Flowers: Gladiolus & Poppy

Also symbolizes strength of character.

• Astrological signs: Leo & Virgo

•August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar and has 31 days because Augustus wanted as many days as Julius Ceasar’s July!

•Meteor showers that take place in August are the The Kappa Cygnids, The Alpha Capricornids [July 10 – August 10], The Southern Delta Aquariids [mid July to mid August] and The Perseids [July 17 – August 24], so be sure to take a peek on the August night sky! 😉

•The star cluster of Messier 30 is best observed around August.

About 8:

• According to numerology, 8 is the great Karmic equalizer, a force that just as easily creates as it destroys. It balances the material and immaterial worlds. Drive, ambition, authority, efficiency, organization, management, discipline and control are some of its characteristics.

• 8 is the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime.

• Eight Ball. The game played with a cue ball and 15 numbered balls, the black ball numbered 8 being the middle and most important one [last one to be pocketed by the …winner!]. – I do miss a good ol’ game of pool… 😉

• A byte is eight bits.

• 8 is the atomic number of oxygen.

• In music, an octave, the interval between two musical notes with the same name (where one has double the frequency of the other), is so called because there are eight notes between the two on a standard major or minor diatonic scale.

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I’m sitting here looking at the leaden sky and the incessant rain – your gorgeous vibrant colourful work is exactly what I need to lift my spirits. Fascinating info about the number 8 too. Thank you Marina x

Exquisite!! Like two souls from different worlds who have cast off their isolation and rejoiced at finding the jewel of love!! It also reminds me of a snowman I built once, using orange and green snow. I put a ring I got out of a gumball machine in its navel, and told people it was a peridot… : )

Oh, I would love to have seen it!!!! This would have been a wonderful contribution to MoMA! But No, I have orders from mount Olympus: everything Mark Armstrong creates will be exhibited at a special place at the Kindness, Creativity and Ingenuity Museum [KCIM]

Wonderful end to this undertaking. August in this part of the globe means monsoon – floods in half the country and drought in the other half. On a different plane this is a month full of festivals – specially Lord Krishna’s birthday, that is celebrated in all regions.

You always make life complete every month with what you share Marina. My mind has been on a different plain, it seems the Spirit is moving within and filling me with new things. Being a number 22, leaves my ears and heart always open to Him! Maybe as the month of September comes to life, I will pen something for you my dear sister! Hugs and blessings!

First, let me sat that I love the music of Dexter Gordon in August Blues. Thank you for introducing me to this music. Isn’t it astonishing how quickly a project we set out to do is completed. I feel like it was last month that I started reading your wonderul monthly posts. Well done, MArina. I’ve enjoyed them all. 😍
Your artwork for this month is perfection. ♥️
I found peridot to be a soothing semi-precious gemstone when I made jewelry with it. The color is intirguing; many people would confuse it with jade.
I hope your enjoying Hera and your last days of summer.
Isadora 😎

Thank you, my dear Mary. Yes, the waning days of summer – although over here we avoid saying that – just yet. September is also a vacation month and probably best one as it is quieter. 🙂 So happy you liked my August. 🙂 Wishing you a beautiful week ahead, my dear friend. 🙂 xx

Thank you my friend, I hope you have the most enjoyable August days and for you a deserved rest during September. I’m hoping to hear that you have finished with your heavy schedule for a while. Take care and also sending wishes to you for a wonderful rest of week.

Beautiful and creative attributes for the month of August.And the striking colours too are a perfect fit for August. Loved my old time favorite ‘Eight Days a Week” so nostalgic! 🙂
Cheers dear Marina and be very well!

I 8 this one up Marina and it was delicious, all of it. I find it interesting that the 8 in your painting is cropped in such a way that it is no longer an 8 but something else equally beautiful and mysterious. Two pots balanced on each other maybe with the magic point of touch expressed with the summer sun circle. Gorgeously August

Oh, so it was you!!!!!! So pleased you enjoyed it. Indeed the 8 is no longer an 8, as I travel round its curves. How beautifully said, John. Thank you, my dear friend. May your August be deliciously gorgeous! 😉

“Just like I need you” !
Your painting makes me see a woman’s figure & her solar plexus. “8 days a week is not enough to show I care”
Sometimes the abstract is exacting. I love your work.
I anxiously await the gift that should arrive any day! My sweet friend, please give Hera a big kiss for me… & maybe a doggie treat? Big hugs & many kisses!
Oh! S6 says my clock is ready to ship & I will get a tracking # when it’s on its way! xxoxoxo

Awwwwwww……. what a wonderful thing to say, Resa! Eventhough I call my work abstract, there is nothing abstract about it to me [however weird this sounds!] 😉
Yay! their tracking info is quite accurate too! I can’t wait for you to get it!!!!!!! 🙂
May August fill your heart with joy, my dearest friend! 🙂 love & hugs xxxxxxxxxxxx

Oh, that Julie London was anticipated [ 😉 ] and what a beautiful voice and song by Gordon Lightfoot! 😉 Thank you so much for the contribution and of course for all your wonderful words, my friend! Have a lovely August, Frank! 🙂 Here’s one more: Cold Wind In August – Van Morrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K43337TvkdU 🙂

Beautiful and vibrant, Marina! I love the colors and the information you included, along with the perfect music. ♫ Happy Monday on this 8th day of August and have a wonderful week, too. Lots of love, Lauren ♥

May you have a great week, all eight days. Hard to believe you already did a full year of these. I am happy to have gotten you started, and re-posts, OK call them anniversary editions, will also be welcome. Happy August, my friend!

Another wonderful painting Marina.. and such a wonderful wealth of knowledge upon the subject of Number 8 and a great bonus of music too.. Wishing you a wonderful Happy 8th of August dear Marina.. Love and Blessings dear friend.. ( oh and I had two wonderful Gladioli’s from my garden too.. Yellow and deep red. 🙂
How quickly a year has flown too Marina.. I have so enjoyed your number series my friend..
Love and Hugs.. Have a wonderful August..
Love Sue xxx ❤

Awwwwwww……. my sweet friend, all wings need nurturing and it’s so hard keeping a ‘balanced diet’ each second that passes! 😉 We all have them, if only we knew… 😉 Thank you for your o-so-lovely words! Much love and hugs xxxxxxxxx